The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-11
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

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AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
seasonnble Suggestions to Our farms,
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When board gets loose on any farm
building fasten 1t At once. A nail In time
saves nine, and perhapa as many feet o.
lumber. ' ai ~, n
incubation as a preventive for pleuro.
pneumonia has proved OF little II any
value in sc'tland. Strengthening Is now
demanded. za.55 %I,1G Z.
A thrifty farmer says so cants worth Of
avis, punches, linen thread md shoe
maker'n wax will gave $40 In harness re-
pairs In twelve months. s8 +
Dusty and moldy food Is to DO specially
avoided, not emily for Its eTec. on the
digestive organa, but for its evil rosulta on
the respiratory orsars. t z
Do not crowd too many sheep together.
An open shed, facing south and well.lit.
tered at night with clean straw or leaves,
will make an excellent shelter for them.
From March to September l Mr.. Mul.
iiken, OF McIndoes, Vt, made from hle
grade Jersey COW sos pounds Of butter, be.
sides supplying Q family with milk and
cream. d Z "a e, 4 S..
II not In good order now sheep ahould
be put in that shape at once in readiness
for winter. Fatten and market the old
sheep, and keep only those which arc full
Of vigor. f,lES.
Tho bull thistle, unlike the Canada
thistle, does not propagate from under.
ground roots. but can easily be got rid OF
In two seaaons by not allowing any plants
to go TO seed. !75sa ~. Z
A bushel Of corn will do more good now,
make smore growth and lay on more fat,
than it will q little later on, A large psr.
centage will be used after while in keep.
ing the animal warm. {t.1ag1
Grade or impure males OF any class OF
stock ehould never DO used, o. the pro.
geny from such possesa no uniform char.
acteristics. By using grade males no i'm.
provement can be effected. g,% "a
Corn is not a perfect food for hog,
Though rich In thoas elements which tend
to fatten, >ye. corn ia deficient in The bone
and muacle.making elements to certain
extent. A mixed diet is best. 253.,s
Though the sheep will consume MANY
kinds OF course dry food, yet 1t 10 also a
dainty animal in some respects, and
should not be confined to inferior food,
Oats make the bost grain food for sheep.
AS a rule moro winter diseases occur
among poultry from the top ventilation in
the poultry house than from any other
csuae. There ia nothing more injurious
to the hens than cold draughta OF air at
night. -: 7s.,'i
Any kind OF live atock will deprecia!e
IN vRlue when cut short in their rations.
When farmer haa more stock than he
has pasture for the beat plan to pursue is to
dispose Of q part OF it to some one who has
plenty Of grain or feed. W
Do not use old pork barrels for the new
pork until they shall have basn thorough
~ cleaned. Wash them with boiling wa
ter and allow them to dry. Make new
BRINE, and iavo everything clean and pure
before pscking the pork after killing.
Whether seeding grape vines and goose
berry bushes are worth uaving depends
entirely upon the quality Of the irui. and
the characteristics Of tho plante-their
yigor, hardinees, etc. As rule, no! one
seeding in thousand is worth the saving.
Lard is not suitable as q lubricstor for
axcs Of wagons, CO 1t is said to loosen the
epokes. Wood tor il still largely used, and
tallow Is also m important ingredient,
two parts tallow, one OF tar, and one OF
castor oil bsing considered excellent for
weather. Il .5' !l55. Z. 81.
The chicks hatched otter September and
before Janusry do not grow very rapidly.
at this seascn they bring very low price,
but tho lnerchanss who deal in poultry
buy them, storing them under the cold
cold storage process, and then sell them
in February and March IS early boilers.
A Virginia farmer, who has been ex.
perimenting with sorghum as a fodder
crop for cows and feeding hogs, finds t:.at
cattle cat it with relish, especially when
sown 60 thickly that the etalks are not
larger than mans finger, and that hogs
arc not only to1Gs 81 j., bat grow finely
on it. i rs "a. N, y; ! ~
Tho cranberry Is quits as uncertain as
ny,other fruit crop, says writer. Only
those who have their farms under COM
plate control and equipment can depend
upon paying crop every year. It costa
money to 10y out farm properly. It ia
lees than thirty years eincs the culture Of
the cranberry was Begin. #
The object in securing q good breed Of
hogs should be to have them quickly con-
vert the food into meat. The profit does
not depend upon the ais or the quantity
consumed, but upon the coat, which de-.
ponds, after oil, upon the relative increase
Of weight in proportion to the food con.
eume1. $50; x .,5iii
It will pay to warm all slop or other soft
food given cattle or hogs. The warm
water not only stimulates and inyigorates,
but provides warmth for the body. Shelter
and warm drinks on every cold dayn will
save more food than will pay for the labor
incurred, while the health Of the stock
will be promoted. ;i, Ms 81
This cream should .he allowed to ripen
before being placed in tho ohurn. This 10
the. method adopted near Eigin, Ill.,, from
which Is shipped the best buttor that ia
placed on the market. The coSs in that
section receive no treatment different from
COWS elsewhere, but the most careful at
tention Is given 10 all the details OF but.
termilking in tho creamery.
when acalding hogs, il the water be too
hot the hair will not como OF az readily
as II the temperature be lower. Boiling
water dieco!or5 the skin. a temperature
OF 1902 Ia warm enough for q young hog,
but there are some hogs that require as
high as 1902. A slab or smooth surface
permits Of the work being done in clean
or manner than when q rough bench or
table is used. Al 4.jl1:it4{s,
No matter what tho breed may be, some
individual cows will excel the others in
milk and butter production, and on the
came quantity and kind Of food. This ia
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